迫使依靠(因别无他物)
throw sb back on sth
to force sb to rely on sth because nothing else is available
There was no TV so we were thrown back on our own resources (= had to entertain ourselves).没有电视机,所以我们只好自娱自乐了。
释义来自《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》第 9 版